After the ambassador held up his sherry glass to propose a toast and lifted the lid from the crock of coconut-chicken soup, the rest of us followed suit.
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But half-bottles of good fino, properly chilled, are a rare commodity in New York restaurants, and ordering rounds in copitas, the traditional narrow short-stemmed Sherry glasses, is inconvenient and usually expensive.
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In homes, consomme cups, claret and sherry glasses, fish knives, demitasse spoons and cake forks gave way to the soup bowl, the all-purpose wine glass and the no-nonsense five-piece flatware setting.
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Then, holding the venecia above his head, he pours _ with great flair _ a long arc of pale sherry into a cluster of sherry glasses ( copitas ) he holds in his other hand.
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That night saw the credits roll in silence for the very first time ( something that would later become the norm whenever a character was " killed-off " ), with the rooftop scene replaced by a close of the snug table which contained a sherry glass, a passport and Martha's famous NHS spectacles.
